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Young targets, 2024
Feb 9 2024
Let's continue our updated look at the most skilled young players in the game by moving on to hitters.
These bats age 26 and under posted 90.0+ mph average exit velocities in 2023 (min 50 PA):
| Name | Lg | Pos | Age | bb% | ct% | Eye | EV | Brl% | LA |
| Ronald Acuña Jr. | NL | RF | 25 | 11% | 87% | 0.95 | 94.7 | 15.3% | 7.4 |
| Yordan Alvarez | AL | LF | 26 | 14% | 78% | 0.75 | 93.3 | 18.0% | 17.1 |
| Juan Soto | AL | LF | 24 | 19% | 77% | 1.02 | 93.2 | 13.0% | 6.7 |
| MJ Melendez | AL | LF | 24 | 10% | 68% | 0.36 | 93.2 | 11.4% | 16.9 |
| Rafael Devers | AL | 3B | 26 | 10% | 78% | 0.49 | 93.1 | 12.7% | 12.4 |
| Luken Baker | NL | 1B | 26 | 13% | 64% | 0.42 | 93.1 | 7.3% | 16.9 |
| Julio Rodríguez | AL | CF | 22 | 7% | 73% | 0.27 | 92.7 | 11.9% | 8.5 |
| Mark Vientos | NL | 3B | 23 | 4% | 67% | 0.14 | 92.5 | 10.7% | 9.5 |
| Austin Riley | NL | 3B | 26 | 8% | 73% | 0.34 | 92.3 | 13.9% | 13.5 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | NL | 3B | 26 | 5% | 79% | 0.27 | 92.2 | 7.4% | 13.2 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | AL | 1B | 24 | 10% | 83% | 0.67 | 92.1 | 11.1% | 10.5 |
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